All registered voters in Westchester can vote early this year. Early voting starts on Saturday, Oct. 24, and runs through Sunday, Nov. 1. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 9 p.m.
The deadline for registration or for applying for an absentee ballot is Saturday, Oct. 24. Tuesday, Nov. 3, is the last day to send in an absentee or mail-in ballot, although the League of Women Voters of New York suggests that that be done at least 10 days in advance of that date.
Early voting days and hours are:
Saturday, Oct. 24, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 26, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 30, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 1, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
You can vote at any of 25 designated early voting sites.
They include: the Mount Kisco Public Library, 100 E. Main St., Mount Kisco, N.Y.; Pound Ridge Town House, 179 Westchester Ave., Pound Ridge, N.Y.; Somers Town House, 335 Route 202, Somers, N.Y.; Jefferson Village Annex, 3500 Hill Blvd., Yorktown Heights, N.Y.; Yorktown Cultural Center, 1974 Commerce St., Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
Running for reelection is Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul against Republican Bruce Blakeman.
Seeking the lieutenant governor’s post are Adrienne Adams, on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines, and Todd Hood, who is running on the Republican, Conservative and Vote Affordable Party lines.
Incumbent Democratic state Attorney General Letitia James faces Republican challenger Saritha Komatireddy.
U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler is running for reelection in the 17th Congressional District on the Republican and Conservative lines against Democrat Cait Conley.
Republican Sergio Esposito and incumbent state Sen. Pete Harckham, a Democrat, are competing in the 40th District.
Incumbent Democratic state Assemblyman Chris Burdick faces off against Republican Braille Diaz in the 93rd District.
Running for state comptroller are incumbent Democrat Thomas DiNapoli and Republican/Conservative Joseph Hernandez.
In District 2, the candidates are Democrat Erika Lang Pierce and Republican Josef Vala.
In Mount Kisco, vying for two seats on the Village Board are Democrats Tom Luzio, an incumbent trustee, and Mike McGuirk, who is currently chair of the village’s Planning Board, and opponents Sean Moran and Jennifer Rego-Vallejos, who are running on the MTK United line.
There is no local contest in Pound Ridge, although folks there will be voting in the District 17 congressional race.
In Bedford, incumbent Democrat Supervisor Ellen Calves, who is also on the Working Families Party line, and Republican Don Scott, a former town councilman and former president of the Katonah-Lewisboro Board of Education, are competing for the top spot.
Voters will also be picking three state Supreme Court justices in the 9th Judicial District. The candidates and the lines they’re running on are Maria G. Rosa (Democrat/Working Families Party), George E. Fufidio (Democrat/Republican), Alden H. Wolfe (Democrat/Conservative), Richard S. Fava Pastilha (Republican/Conservative) and John Ciampoli (Republican).
For more early voting sites and other information, visit citizenparticipation.westchestercountyny.gov/voting/early-voting-2026.
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